2023-06-02 13:28:44
Jessica Pegula JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP
Overtaken and mistreated by Elise Mertens, seeded number 3 Jessica Pegula is eliminated from this Fortnight.
The seeded number 3 Jessica Pegula was taken for a walk on the Philippe Chatrier by the Belgian Elise Mertens (28th).
In this first match of the day on center court, unlike the Belgian, the American missed her start to the match and quickly gave up the first set: 1-6 in 28 minutes. Solid so far, the two players had still not conceded a single set since the start of the Fortnight.
Despite a tougher second set and a very tight game at 4-3, Elise Mertens often dictated her game to the world number 3. In 1h21 the seeded N28 won: 6-1, 6-3 against the 3rd player in the world, she will find Pavlyuchenkova or Poapova in the round of 16.
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